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so for example, senator lindsey graham and john mccain have been very big supporters of a robust state department and by day as well. and in our house, certainly some of our colleagues on the republican side, especially broadly defined as the tea party folks. it has been really difficult trying to convince some of the important part of national security and the arguments in favor of that form of assistance. but again, this is a constant methane and if you look at the house republican budget, over the ten-year that 10 year period of time, it would dramatically cut the category of the budget for this kind of state department operations and so we will have to work together to try to prevent it. and if you want to try to do the kind of things that might wants to do, mike rogers. i agree with most of what he said in afghanistan and i think that -- it was from this race back debt and a big mistake with the united states to disengage. disengaging at the end. i think that we did create a vacuum that dead lead to al qaeda being part of the exploit and that vacuum is important that we -- it's im
so for example, senator lindsey graham and john mccain have been very big supporters of a robust state department and by day as well. and in our house, certainly some of our colleagues on the republican side, especially broadly defined as the tea party folks. it has been really difficult trying to convince some of the important part of national security and the arguments in favor of that form of assistance. but again, this is a constant methane and if you look at the house republican budget,...
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lindsey graham, john mccain, they have been big supporters of a robust state department budget. house, some of our colleagues on the republican -- broadlyially defined as the tea party folks, it has been difficult trying to convince them of the important national security arguments in favor of that form of assistance. this is a constant back-and- forth. if you look at the house republican budget over the ten- year period, it would cut the category of the budget for those kind of state department operations. we going to have to work together to try and prevent it. if you want to do the kinds of things that mike rogers wants to do and i agree with most of what , it was a afghanistan big mistake for the united states to disengage at the end of the -- when the soviets withdrew from afghanistan. we created a vacuum that led to exploit being able to that vacuum. it is important that we maintain a presence there. if we're going to maintain a presence there, we need to provide the resources necessary for our folks. >> did you have a question? thank you. is -- i am a fellow at the foreig
lindsey graham, john mccain, they have been big supporters of a robust state department budget. house, some of our colleagues on the republican -- broadlyially defined as the tea party folks, it has been difficult trying to convince them of the important national security arguments in favor of that form of assistance. this is a constant back-and- forth. if you look at the house republican budget over the ten- year period, it would cut the category of the budget for those kind of state...
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i would say in the senate we have more, much more bipartisan support so for example senator lindsey graham and senator john mccain have been very big supporters of a robust state department budget as well. but in the house certainly some of our colleagues on the public inside a specially broadly defined as the tea party folks, i mean they have got, it's been really difficult trying to convince them of the important national security arguments in favor of that assistance. but again this is a constant back-and-forth and if you look at the house republican budget over the ten-year period it dramatically dramatically, it would dramatically cut the category of the budget for the state department operations. so we will have to work together to try to prevent it. if you want to do the kinds of things that might rodgers wants to do and i agree with most of what he said on afghanistan, i think it was a corset big mistake at least from my perspective for the united states to disengage at the end when the soviets withdrew from afghanistan. i think we did create a vacuum that did lead to al qaeda bein
i would say in the senate we have more, much more bipartisan support so for example senator lindsey graham and senator john mccain have been very big supporters of a robust state department budget as well. but in the house certainly some of our colleagues on the public inside a specially broadly defined as the tea party folks, i mean they have got, it's been really difficult trying to convince them of the important national security arguments in favor of that assistance. but again this is a...